Clinton, Trump hopscotch swing states with one week to go to vote

November 1, 2016 4:34 pm

By AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE, Cincinnati, United States, Nov 1 – Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump were barnstorming battleground states Tuesday with a week to go until Election Day as the Democratic nominee tried to pivot away from allegations she put US secrets at risk.

Eager to turn divert the conversation from a renewed FBI inquiry into her use of a private email server while secretary of state, Clinton on Monday warned against her White House rival being allowed control of US nuclear launch codes.

Democratic surrogates including President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, husband and former president Bill Clinton, running mate Tim Kaine and primary opponent Bernie Sanders were fanning out across battleground states to stump for votes.

Clinton, pointing to Trump’s numerous angry blowups on the trail and often confused responses to questions on security issues, painted her Republican rival as a dangerous hothead who could trigger Armageddon.

The NBC News/SurveyMonkey weekly poll showed Clinton’s six percentage point national lead essentially unchanged since last week.

Allegations Clinton put America at risk by using a private server were thrust back into the spotlight when FBI Director James Comey said the bureau would study a newly uncovered batch of emails to see if they are “pertinent.”

Clinton and her supporters were furious that Comey made his announcement without providing any new evidence of wrongdoing but, after three days of rage, Clinton took a more emollient tone Monday.

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